TWiV 1173: Holy Cow! Convergent evolution!

TWiV reviews nominees to head NIH, FDA, and CDC, cervical cancer decline following HPV vaccination, local dengue in Texas, human isolate of H5N1 virus is transmissible and virulent in animal models, and shared mechanisms of immune evasion among animal and bacterial viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey

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Links for this episode

• Bhattacharya nominated to head NIH (Science)
• Makary nominated to head FDA (Science)
• Weldon nominated to head CDC (Chief Healthcare Exec)
• Cervical cancer declining following vaccination (JAMA Net)
• Local dengue case in Texas (Texas HHS)
• H5N1 human isolate transmissible and virulent (Nature)
• H5 current situation (CDC)
• Global H5N1 cases (Our World in Data)
• Conserved immune evasion in animal and bacterial viruses (Cell)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Brianne – Pale Blue Pod
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Rich – Vendee Globe
Jolene – Center for the Improvement of Mentored Research Experiences
Vincent – These two ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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